Thread: precious childhood toys

Interesting. Now, can I do this in a way that doesn't make me sound weird...

Well, I gotta admit, I can be considered a bit of a big kid, but something I've still got from my youth is a Rigadoon named Dan. For those who didn't know, Rigadoons were fabric puppets about 80 cm tall, all with different faces & "personalities". The one I got was Dan, which is also the first 3 letters of my name. Must have been around 6-7 when I got him, cause my brother got one too, but my sister wasn't even born yet. He might have been just a puppet, but having him there helped me get through some tough times.

Still got the bugger too. Sure, he's got lumps of dust on him, a hole in his neck, & he's wearing nothing but a "Great Keppel Island" shirt, his actual clothes long gone, but I've still got him in my room. He's also wearing a Canteen bandanna I brought not long ago, since it turns out his head is just as big as mine, just flatter.

I'll probably keep him around for ages, maybe repair him & pass him on to the next generation, if they treat him well. He's kinda always been there, & most likely will be for a long time to come...

Damn, so much for not sounding weird...

My favourite toy was Super Sayain Vegeta just for the simple fact that it was so hard to find! I mean, besides Super Sayain Goku, he was hella hard to get. I think I still have him somewhere in my house too i just don't know exactly where he's at.

my precious childhood toy wasn't really a toy. it was a blanket that i had ever since i was a baby. it is a yellow blanket that is small. i still have it and i love it just as much as i did then.

Originally Posted by divine_punishment

I did not really play with toys . . . I was the freakish child in the corner with his glasses sliding down his nose as he poured over an old copy of Anna Karenina . . .

The best toy was probably the yo-yo*. My grandfather spent hours teaching me tricks. I remember I got my first black eye from a botched trick I was trying to master . . . Ouch. Not that I told anyone it was from a yo-yo . . . That would have been humiliating; they'd never have let me hear the end of it!


*Trivia Fact: Yo-yos were originally designed to be weapons. Glad that fell through. Can you imagine wars with yo-yos?!

haha, world war three with nukes, world war 4 with yo-yo's i'm guessing you don't mind that you didn't ahve a really "soft" toy to play with, but without mine i would probablly be lost up to date, this thread reminds me to retrieve it from the box i once long left it in to rot, how cruel! thank-you for this threads ryo. really i mean it.

I don't really remember when I got my first toy. But I do remember is that I have the old care bear cousins which was the rabbit. I would carry that thing around all the time. I did have to put it into a yard sale but I wound up getting it back through eBay and I have it in an old tub with all of my other stuff animals that I had during my childhood years.

Originally Posted by Mini Dev

haha, world war three with nukes, world war 4 with yo-yo's i'm guessing you don't mind that you didn't ahve a really "soft" toy to play with, but without mine i would probablly be lost up to date, this thread reminds me to retrieve it from the box i once long left it in to rot, how cruel! thank-you for this threads ryo. really i mean it.

Nice Einstein reference. (Paraphrasing, of course, but "I know not what World War III will be fought with, but WWIV will be won with sticks and stones.")

But you have to admit that the old fashioned toys were always better than the button-mashing wire boxes kids these days play with. I mean, who out of us had more fun using our imaginations and turning the refrigerator box into an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus or a rocket ship? Who among us felt like a god if he or she could master double-dutch jumping rope? Seriously. Kids these days lack what we had and no mistake.

Originally Posted by Mini Dev

haha, world war three with nukes, world war 4 with yo-yo's i'm guessing you don't mind that you didn't ahve a really "soft" toy to play with, but without mine i would probablly be lost up to date, this thread reminds me to retrieve it from the box i once long left it in to rot, how cruel! thank-you for this threads ryo. really i mean it.

Aww well I am glad this thread help you! Lol I was just playing with my bunny when my dog came out of no where and stole it!! >.< I am still hunting it done XD lol I have a pretty good idea of where it is. But yea I love that thing! I just remember such great memories when I look or play with Mr. Pinky. (Yes I named him! Duh! XD )